ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
652 releases
21 Years AgoCrusader Kings
MacEurope
Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe. Will you co-opt other monarchs, and the Pope, under your leadership to liberate the Holy Land? Do you have what it takes to become a Crusader King?
11 Years AgoMortal Kombat X Mobile
PortAndroidWorldwide
Mortal Kombat X is a mobile game based on the console game of the same name.
46 Years AgoMystery House
Apple IINorth America
In the first graphic adventure game ever, the player along with seven other people is in an old mansion hunting for some jewels. All too soon it becomes obvious that someone is killing one member of the group after another.
17 Years AgoLeisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
PS3North America
The Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust video game gives gamers an all-access pass to the glitz, glamour, and gorgeous women of Tinseltown.
9 Years AgoPorno Studio Tycoon
PCMacWorldwide
Business simulator with rich economic model (markets with shortages and surpluses, websites with black hat SEO, etc.), flexible configuration of movie production, complex casting, two modes of shooting (fast and detailed ones) and other features.
6 Years AgoShop Titans
PCWorldwide
Shop Titans is a simulation RPG game that consists of building your own shop within a fantasy kingdom. In it, you can craft and sell armor, swords, potions and all kinds of gear and equipment to heroes to help them in their adventures.
12 Years AgoHaunt the House: Terrortown
PCMacWorldwide
A side-scrolling action puzzle game starring ghosts! Leave the dusty halls of an abandoned clock tower to haunt your way through a town in the dead of night! Possess objects with your ghostly soul, to scare people away from a museum, a hospital, a theatre and a cruise ship.
6 Years AgoSomeday You'll Return
PCWorldwide
Someday You'll Return is a story-driven psychological horror game about a desperate search for a missing daughter deep in the woods where you swore you'd never return, brought to you by the creative duo behind J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars.
6 Years AgoYou and Me and Her: A Love Story
PCWorldwide
You and Me and Her: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
6 Years AgoThe Almost Gone
iOSWorldwide
The Almost Gone is a mystery point-and-click adventure where a young girl's spirit looks for a way out in a magical afterlife.
11 Years AgoShin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker
Expanded editionNintendo 3DSNorth America
Your days are numbered. This is a chilling reminder that the apocalypse is upon us.
15 Years AgoBefore the Echo
Xbox 360North America
Before the Echo combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience.
12 Years AgoGargoyle's Quest II
Nintendo 3DSJapan
The Law of the Claw! Before Man ruled the world there were the monsters of Etruria. One such beast Firebrand the Gargoyle. must act to restore the magic that quickly fades from the Ghoul Realm.
9 Years AgoAnimation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
MacPCWorldwide
Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, American Dad, and King of the Hill join forces in Animation Throwdown, your favorite new collectible card game.
4 Years AgoThe Inheritance of Crimson Manor
PCWorldwide
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this narrative horror first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last…
4 Years AgoWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
PCWorldwide
Lead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
This yearMotorslice
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Parkour through the ruins of a megastructure, climb massive bosses, and hunt down every construction equipment in this slice of life action-adventure.
10 Years AgoAzkend 2: The World Beneath
Xbox OneWorldwide
Azkend 2: The World Beneath is a beautifully polished match-three adventure game set in an awe-inspiring underground world. Enjoy superbly smooth casual matching puzzle gameplay, an engaging storyline with voiceovers, and hidden object minigames.
5 Years AgoRainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
PS4North America
Save whimsical creatures with the power of kindness in order to recolor a black-and-white world in Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan, a wholesome 2.5D Adventure-RPG!
21 Years Ago
9 Years AgoWorld to the West
Xbox OnePS4LinuxMacPCWorldwide
World to the West is a pulpy, cartoony top down action adventure inspired by European adventure comics.
6 Years AgoForza Street
iOSAndroidWorldwide
Enter the ultimate street racing scene to win the car collection of your dreams. Pick an event, set your lineup, and race for infamy.
17 Years AgoPuzzle Kingdoms
WiiPCWorldwide
Puzzle Kingdoms challenges players to plan out strategic attacks in order to defeat their opponents. Order troops across the map, conquering cities through innovative puzzle gameplay.
13 Years Ago7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
MacPCWorldwide
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.